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The nurse is assessing a client's laboratory values following administration of chemotherapy. Which lab value leads the nurse to suspect that the client is experiencing tumor lysis syndrome (TLS)? A Serum PTT of 10 seconds. B Serum calcium of 5 mg/dl. Correct C Oxygen saturation of 90%. D Hemoglobin of 10 g/dl. □ TLS results in hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, hyperuricemia, and hyperphosphatemia. A serum calcium level of 5 (B), which is low, is an indicator of possible tumor lysis syndrome....

A 64-year-old client has just had total hip replacement surgery. The physician orders heparin 8,000 units to be administered subcutaneously. The label on the heparin vial reads: "Heparin 10,000 units/ml." How many milliliters of heparin should the nurse draw up in the syringe to administer the correct dose? Record your answer using one decimal place. Your Response: • 0.8 Correct response: • 0.8 Explanation: The following formula is used to calculate drug dosages: dose on hand/qua...

ATI Mental Health focused review Coordinated Care: Establishing Priorities 1. Managing Client Care: Organizing Client Care on a Mental Health Unit 2. Managing Client Care: Priority Implementation of Care on a Mental Health Unit for a Group of Clients 3. Personality Disorders: Prioritizing Client Care for a Group of Clients Safety and Infection Control 4. Accident/Error/Injury Prevention - Cognitive disorders: family teaching 5. Least Restrictive Restraints and Safety Devices - Anger Ma...

COM 207 Theory Exam Review Questions and Answers It is possible to have a relationship that has depth but not breadth. TRUE The more complex a theory, the better it is, since it more closely conforms to the real world. FALSE One of the main differences between objective and interpretive scholars is that interpretive scholars believe they can discover the one reality that exists. FALSE In symbolic interactionism, the concept of the looking glass is that we gain a mental self-image ...

1. Once a practice problem has been identified the next step would be to use the PICOT format to ask a question about the problem. PICOT stands for: P—population, I—intervention, C—comparisons, O—outcome, T—time. 2. The Affordable Care Act has directed the US Department of Health and Human Services and multiple agencies to develop and disseminate initiatives on meeting the care needs of patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). What is the primary purpose for the national dire...

Be familiar with left and right sided heart failure and what the consequences are (remember the case study that we did in lecture and lab?) (698) Left side: One cause of mitral insufficiency, in which there is backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium, is mitral valve prolapse (MVP). In MVP one or both cusps of the mitral valve protrude into the left atrium during ventricular contraction. Mitral valve prolapse is one of the most common valvular disorders, affecting as much ...

1. Explain the difference between nonspecific and specific defense and the role of lymphocytes in each of the immune response. Nonspecific Resistance (Innate Immunity) ▪ Present at birth ad includes defense mechanisms that provide general protection against invasion by a wide range of pathogens Immunity (Adaptive Immunity) ▪ Involves activation of specific lymphocytes that combat a particular pathogen or other foreign substance Lymphocytes provide specific defense. They respond to the p...

LYMPHATIC SYSTEM NOTES -Disease resistance - Innate immunity- passive, present at birth and includes defense mechanisms that provide general protection against invasion by a wide range of pathogens -Adaptive- involves activation of specific lymphocytes that combat a particular pathogen or other foreign substance (carried out by lymphatic system) Passive Immunity Active Immunity Natural Temporary, antibody based, transplacental, colostrum, milk IgG, IgA Lifetime, strong T cell, increase mo...

Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by: 1 . The National Council of State Boards of Nursing 2 . The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 3 . The State Board of Nursing for each state 4 . The State Board of Pharmacy 2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) prescriber include: 1 . Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take it both in their basic nursing program and in their APRN program....

In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the Nurse Practitioner should always encourage patients to Selected Answer: take their medication at the prescribed times. Question 2 1 out of 1 points A female patient with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus has been experiencing increasing neuropathic pain in recent months, a symptom that has not responded appreciably to conventional analgesics. The patient's care provider has begun treatment with gabapentin (Neu...